Table 1 Summary statistics for meteorological variables, unemployment rate and suicide rates in Australian capital cities (1985–2005, mean of monthly total)
From: Associations between climate variability, unemployment and suicide in Australia: a multicity study
Variables | Cities | Mean | SD | Min | Percentiles | Max | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25 | 50 | 75 | ||||||
Mortality rate (M, F, per 100,000) | Sydney | 0.96 (1.51, 0.44) | 0.22 (0.38, 0.19) | 0.43 (0.71, 0.05) | 0.81 (1.22, 0.30) | 0.94 (1.47, 0.42) | 1.10 (1.74, 0.59) | 1.76 (2.94, 1.07) |
Melbourne | 0.97 (1.50, 0.47) | 0.22 (0.38, 0.18) | 0.33 (0.47, 0.05) | 0.83 (1.23, 0.35) | 0.96 (1.50, 0.47) | 1.12 (1.75, 0.59) | 1.56 (2.41, 0.96) | |
Brisbane | 1.15 (1.84, 0.49) | 0.35 (0.58, 0.28) | 0.27 (0.41, 0.00) | 0.90 (1.38, 0.29) | 1.15 (1.78, 0.44) | 1.40 (2.28, 0.65) | 2.28 (3.83, 1.63) | |
Adelaide | 1.03 (1.63, 0.46) | 0.34 (0.59, 0.31) | 0.37 (0.39, 0.00) | 0.80 (1.21,0.20) | 1.00 (1.60, 0.39) | 1.24 (2.02, 0.59) | 2.00 (3.41, 1.53) | |
Perth | 1.06 (1.69, 0.46) | 0.33 (0.57, 0.29) | 0.34 (0.41, 0.00) | 0.82 (1.25, 0.27) | 1.04 (1.60, 0.44) | 1.29 (2.13, 0.63) | 1.99 (3.28, 1.32) | |
Hobart | 1.27 (2.07, 0.51) | 0.82 (1.43, 0.78) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.53 (1.08, 0.00) | 1.08 (2.16, 0.00) | 1.64 (3.24, 1.03) | 3.95 (7.56, 4.06) | |
Darwin | 1.41 (2.34, 0.40) | 1.22 (2.14, 0.92) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 1.13 (2.19, 0.00) | 2.01 (3.50, 0.00) | 5.02 (8.78, 5.73) | |
Canberra | 0.97 (1.52, 0.42) | 0.59 (1.03, 0.50) | 0.00 (0.00, 0.00) | 0.61 (0.72, 0.00) | 0.92 (1.36, 0.00) | 1.34 (2.03, 0.71) | 3.23 (5.34, 1.98) | |
Rainfall (mm) | Sydney | 91.4 | 80.18 | 0.7 | 39.9 | 70.0 | 124.5 | 560.6 |
Melbourne | 62.5 | 30.98 | 3.3 | 40.3 | 58.5 | 83.5 | 166.9 | |
Brisbane | 91.4 | 81.43 | 0.8 | 39.9 | 70.1 | 122.2 | 609.8 | |
Adelaide | 55.8 | 40.82 | 0.0 | 19.4 | 50.0 | 84.5 | 193.7 | |
Perth | 70.1 | 65.51 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 52.7 | 115.3 | 266.8 | |
Hobart | 57.2 | 34.78 | 2.6 | 33.0 | 50.8 | 74.9 | 255.2 | |
Darwin | 137.8 | 164.90 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 71.5 | 234.9 | 841.5 | |
Canberra | 54.6 | 40.10 | 0.6 | 24.0 | 46.8 | 73.9 | 248.2 | |
Humidity ( %) | Sydney | 63.5 | 6.97 | 41.6 | 58.8 | 64.1 | 68.3 | 79.4 |
Melbourne | 64.9 | 7.15 | 46.7 | 59.3 | 64.4 | 70.5 | 79.8 | |
Brisbane | 63.4 | 5.57 | 43.7 | 59.9 | 63.5 | 67.2 | 78.6 | |
Adelaide | 56.6 | 11.05 | 35.9 | 47.5 | 54.5 | 65.9 | 77.5 | |
Perth | 59.8 | 8.93 | 43.8 | 51.8 | 59.6 | 67.8 | 77.8 | |
Hobart | 61.9 | 6.59 | 45.5 | 57.5 | 61.8 | 66.5 | 77.0 | |
Darwin | 62.0 | 11.21 | 37 | 52 | 61.5 | 72.5 | 85.0 | |
Canberra | 60.1 | 9.37 | 38 | 53.1 | 60.3 | 67.0 | 79.0 | |
T (ΔT,°C) | Sydney | 17.19 (0.01) | 3.87 (2.26) | 10.36 (−4.82) | 13.89 (−1.76) | 17.43 (0.20) | 20.66 (1.98) | 24.41 (4.29) |
Melbourne | 14.84 (0.01) | 3.70 (2.24) | 8.58 (−6.09) | 11.41 (−1.81) | 14.81 (0.23) | 18.15 (1.69) | 23.31 (5.23) | |
Brisbane | 20.36 (0.01) | 3.67 (2.11) | 13.79 (−4.45) | 17.09 (−1.84) | 20.86 (0.05) | 23.55 (1.83) | 26.50 (3.93) | |
Adelaide | 16.83 (0.00) | 4.29 (2.62) | 9.49 (−8.21) | 12.90 (−1.97) | 16.69 (0.38) | 20.58 (1.98) | 26.83 (7.15) | |
Perth | 18.37 (−0.01) | 4.01 (2.40) | 11.66 (−5.36) | 14.60 (−1.67) | 18.05 (0.05) | 22.10 (1.73) | 27.81 (6.03) | |
Hobart | 12.97 (0.01) | 3.14 (1.91) | 7.28 (−4.28) | 10.05 (−1.59) | 12.93 (0.30) | 15.67 (1.49) | 19.63 (3.95) | |
Darwin | 27.52 (0.00) | 1.83 (1.39) | 22.45 (−4.10) | 26.28 (−0.84) | 28.03 (−0.10) | 28.84 (0.81) | 30.23 (3.75) | |
Canberra | 13.39 (0.01) | 5.24 (3.00) | 4.65 (−6.25) | 8.91 (−2.56) | 13.45 (0.30) | 18.14 (2.70) | 22.80 (5.80) | |
Sunshine hours (daily average) | Sydney | 7.1 | 1.21 | 3.7 | 6.4 | 7.1 | 7.9 | 10.4 |
Melbourne | 6.1 | 1.69 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.4 | 9.9 | |
Brisbane | 8.1 | 1.22 | 4.4 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 8.8 | 10.6 | |
Adelaide | 7.6 | 2.08 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 11.9 | |
Perth | 8.5 | 2.22 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 8.2 | 10.5 | 12.6 | |
Hobart | 6.5 | 1.52 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 7.7 | 10.6 | |
Darwin | 8.6 | 1.89 | 3.0 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 11.0 | |
Canberra | 7.7 | 1.69 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 11.4 | |
UER (M, F, %) | Sydney | 7.4 (7.5,7.3) | 1.7 (1.9,1.5) | 5.0 (5.0, 4.8) | 5.9 (5.9, 5.9) | 7.3 (7.4, 7.2) | 8.6 (8.5, 8.8) | 11.0 (11.9, 9.8) |
Melbourne | 7.5 (7.4, 7.7) | 2.1 (2.4,1.8) | 4.7 (4.0, 5.4) | 5.8 (5.6, 5.9) | 6.7 (6.4, 7.6) | 8.9 (9.1, 8.8) | 12.5 (12.8, 12.3) | |
Brisbane | 8.4 (8.3, 8.5) | 1.6 (1.8,1.4) | 4.7 (4.3, 5.1) | 7.4 (7.2, 7.7) | 8.6 (8.6, 8.6) | 9.7 (9.5, 9.8) | 10.8 (11.3, 10.7) | |
Adelaide | 8.5 (8.9, 8.0) | 1.7 (2.0,1.5) | 4.8 (5.2, 4.1) | 7.2 (7.7, 6.6) | 8.7 (8.7, 8.5) | 9.6 (10.3, 9.1) | 12.0 (13.2, 10.5) | |
Perth | 7.3 (7.4, 7.3) | 1.6 (1.8,1.5) | 4.1 (3.8, 4.4) | 6.1 (6.5, 6.0) | 7.3 (7.3, 7.3) | 8.0 (7.9, 8.5) | 11.1 (11.6, 10.9) | |
Hobart | 9.4 (10.0, 8.7) | 1.6 (1.9,1.5) | 5.8 (6.1, 5.5) | 8.7 (8.8, 7.7) | 9.3 (9.8, 9.1) | 10.6 (11.5, 9.9) | 13.0 (14.1, 15.4) | |
Darwin | 6.6 (6.7. 6.4) | 1.6 (1.8,1.7) | 3.7 (3.0, 2.7) | 5.3 (5.3, 5.0) | 6.6 (6.5, 6.4) | 7.5 (7.6, 7.5) | 11.2 (11.9, 10.9) | |
Canberra | 5.7 (6.0, 5.5) | 1.4 (1.5,1.5) | 3.0 (3.0, 2.7) | 4.6 (4.9, 4.2) | 5.4 (5.6, 5.4) | 7.0 (7.5, 6.7) | 8.60 (8.8, 9.2) | |